Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Peaceable Kingdom


Sender: Hootnoodle
'P' is for 'Peaceable'!

The Peaceable Kingdom (c.1846)
By Edward Hicks (1780-1849)

Snowball Fight with Santas!


Sender: Alienne
'X' is for 'X'mas card'!
Art by Gerd Bauer

Maybe the boy is taking revenge against the Santas for not giving him what he really wished for!

Lesende 1994

Sender: Alienne
'C' is for 'Checking', a young lady checking the newspaper for the latest news.

Lesende by Gerard Richter, a German visual artist.



Monday, June 16, 2014

A Fox Stalking!


Sender: Alienne
F is for FRIENDSHIP @ FOX @ FOE!
A bear with his close friend, a bird. Checkout the sly stalking fox.


Three Clowns


Sender: KDA
T is for THREE clowns!


Tree Spirit?


Sender: Elenadoby
T is for TREES!
This is a painting by Nastya Kamentsova. I love it! Is the girl a tree spirit or something? Try imagining a story behind the painting.

Stuffed Toys

Sender: Reggikko

T is for TOYS!
"Stuffed Toys" 1996-2002 Oil on canvas - by Wayne Thiebaud


Thursday, March 6, 2014

Vase of Flowers, Lemons and Mortar

Sender: Qhasami
Vase of Flowers, Lemons and Mortar, 1919
Henri Matisse, 1869-1954


Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Cat and Flowers


Sender: Anna
Rounded Cat by unknown artist

Teatime in the Kitchen


Sender: Adarka
Teatime in the kitchen

I think this is by Natasha Chetkova. Love her cards!

A Handsome Ural Owl


Sender: Lesha & Lena
A handsome Ural Owl drawn by an unknown artist as I can't read the script.



Red Umbrella


Sender: Chicherita
Red Umbrella
Art by Leonid Afremov, palette knife painting.


Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania


Sender: Myliu_Lietuva
'R' is for 'Royal Palace'

A bird's-eye view of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
Painted by Vilija Maciulyte (2008)

Just A Couple Of Girls


Sender: Jari-Chan
'R' is for 'Reading'

Harry Wilson Watrous (1857-1940)
"Just A Couple Of Girls", 1915

(Eh, but why did the postmark appear on this side of the postcard? Marring the beautiful pic!)


Golden Lion Monkey


Sender: Kluifje
'G' is for 'Golden' Lion Monkey




Sunday, January 12, 2014

Clover Field


Sender: Bellatrix
Kleefeld (Clover Field) by Gerhard Gluck

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Lantern-Lady

Sender: Marina & Igor
An elegant lantern-lady


A Shop Named "A Kind Word"


Sender: Jessica

A thoughtful gesture from Jessica as she chose to send a card from my wall of favourites. I like this card because of the name of the shop.  <3 <3 <3 

"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much." ~ Blaise Pascal"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see". ~ Mark Twain

A Young Couple In Love


Sender: Nina

A pretty card with a love theme. The back states "Tama kortti tukee tyota. Reilun kaupan edistamiseki".
I think it is done to support fair trade, but correct me if I am wrong :-)


Haymaking


Sender: Skilla

K.S. Malevich (1878-1935), Russian artist. "Haymaking", 1909.